Lance Clayton is a man who has learned to settle. His son, Kyle is an insufferable jerk. Lance is dating Claire, the school's art teacher. She doesn't want to get serious or even acknowledge publicly they're dating. In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life? He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of!! If he can only live with the knowledge of how he got it??
Robin Williams initially intended to take a small role as a favor to writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait. They have been close friends since their days performing stand-up comedy together. Williams was so impressed with the script that he requested to play the lead instead. When Dr. Pentola is handing out copies of Kyle's book 'You Don't Know Me', they briefly show two pages in the book. What is actually shown is two pages of 'The Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka?
This is a very dark comedy about a father who inadvertently profits from an accident. There's strong language in nearly every scene. The sexuality is rampant, especially in early scenes. The teenage boy is a porn aficionado!! He constantly talks about explicit sexual acts, masturbates to magazines and other stimuli and even tries auto-erotic asphyxiation. There's only one actual sex scene but the naked body of star Robin Williams is briefly shown in another scene. In comparison to the sex and language, the movie's violence and substance use are rather mild. An adult does smoke marijuana and allows an underage friend to eat a pot brownie. 1 1/2* (I really didn’t like this movie) (I could not get beyond it being terrible right from the beginning with terrible language and the plot is terrible too!
99 min, Comedy directed and written by Bobcat Goldthwait with Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Morgan Murphy, Naomi Glick, Dan Spencer, Geoff Pierson, Henry Simmons, Zach Sanchez-Vitale, Alexie Gilmore, Evan Martin, Ellyn Jameson, Michael Thomas Moor, Ray Buckley, Jermaine Williams, Lorraine Nicholson.
Note:; Imdb 6.9* out of 10* with 37,449 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 88% with 188 critic reviews 67% with 50,000+ audience scores, Common Sense Media Sandie Angulo Chen, age 17+, 1* out of 5* consumerism, 2* violence, 3* drinking, drugs & smoking 4* sex, 5* language, Roger Ebert 3*, The Guardian 3* out of 5* Xan Brooks, Amazon 4.2* out of 5* with 1703 reviews.
Special Note: The following classic movies are mentioned in a single scene: The Birdcage (1996) a movie that Robin Williams stared in, Sweet Charity (1969), All That Jazz (1979), Cabaret (1972), The Sound of Music (1965), Star 80 (1983), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Young Frankenstein (1974). Bobcat Goldthwait has a cameo scene when he is the driver taking Robin Williams’ character to the talk show. Robin Williams, Bobcat Goldthwait and Tom Kenny all acted in the movie Shakes the Clown (1991). Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait and actor Geoff Pierson (in the role of the principal) starred together in the television series Unhappily Ever After (1995).
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